Danko

Only needs one word.

 

Stage Fright – Rick Danko & Paul Butterfield 1979
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and of course….a song for Danko
David Munyon – Song for Danko
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Prine Time TV

When I’m feelin’ low

People like John Prine

Is where I will go (no matter what my stomach tells me)

John Prine – Dear Abby – from BBC’s The Old Grey Whistle Test - from the LP Sweet Revenge – 1973
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North By North America

Bobby Zee wrote this specifically about a girl from my neck of the woods.

Bob Dylan-Girl from the North Country-Freewheelin version song first released 1963
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Stanz the Man!

Many years ago, maybe aroud ’83, I was taking a class with an older fella who LOVED Stan Rogers. I thought it was quaint. That my classmate was so in love with this Hamiltonian turned Nova Scotian known as Stan Rogers.
Stan really started to roll after playing (see story) the Winnipeg Folk Festival in ’75. (see pic). A lot of people still don’t know the man, his story, his love of the sea & Canada and the tragic way he died. But those who do are lovin’ life with the music he left behind.
Fogarty’s Cove – Stan Rogers 1976
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Losing my tête

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Daniel Lanois wrote a song years back which was not only sung in 2 languages, it was about a guy who lsot his job, then lost his fmily and then lost his mind. Or did he lose his mind first, then his blonde….whatever. I probably lost it in the translation. Tabernac!
This is the performer Lanois BJT (before  The Josua Tree)

 
Daniel Lanois – Jolie Louise Live (Early 90s)
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Let Me Tell You ‘Bout the (human-made) Birds

I come from a family of pilots and have an inherited love of flight. The pics below are of Pa and his trusty trainer and the last commercial flight of the Concorde as it lands at Heathrow and goes through the ceremonial firehose spray arch before being retired. Pics taken by my sister-in-law.

As much as I love flight, I love music and here is an excellent combination of both…..

Dreamers – Jack Savoretti -2007
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My uncle, in one of his books, described a near disaster when he was flying his Sabre jet out of formation and one of those air cowboys came across his path to give him a scare. He saw a flash and felt a thump. When he landed he checked his nose cone and sure enough, there was a dent the size of a basketball. So he walked around the tarmac to check out the other planes and whadyaknow – one of them had a wing tip missing. Case solved. Yee ha!

It was a story never told until the book was written.

Jack Savoretti’s official site

Obey the Master

 

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Barking’s Billy Bragg blew into town a few months ago for a couple of shows and I have to admit……this man won’t be denied. He carries his beliefs on his sleeve….and cuffs and collar and inseam and…

From Mermaid Avenue Vol II

Billy Bragg & Wilco : ‘Aginst Th’ Law’ – 2000
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‘Aginst Th’ Law’ lyrics

It’s aginst th’ law to walk, and aginst th’ law to talk
Against the law to loaf, against the law to work
Against the law to read, against the law to write
Against the law to be a black, a brown, or white

Everything’s against the law
I’m a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues

It’s aginst th’ law to eat, aginst th’ law to drink
Against the law to worry, against the law to think
Against the law to marry or try to settle down
Against the law to ramble like a bum from town to town

Everything’s against the law
I’m a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues

It’s aginst th’ law to come, aginst th’ law to go
Against the law to ride, against the law to roll
Against the law to hug and against the law to kiss
Against the law to shoot, against the law to miss

Everything’s against the law
I’m a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues

It’s aginst th’ law to gamble, aginst th’ law to roam
Against the law to organize or try to build a home
Against the law to sing, it’s against the law to dance
Against the law to tell you all the trouble on my hands

Everything in Winston-Salem is against the law
I’m a low-pay daddy singing the high-price blues
We come a long way since Winston-Salem hasn’t we!

Who’s Lefty?

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I think he’s the one on the right.
I just found this video. Where have you been all my life? All it is is two masters covering a song written by the one and only Townes Van Zandt in 1972.

Pancho and Lefty by Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan July 2006
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Who Are You!

Jim Croce came in quickly, conquered and suddenly was gone. I was into JC. My buddy and I would sit on the rock in front of school and dream of being stars as we strummed out songs of the early seventies (but we were denied). One of our star idols was Jim Croce (and his sidekick Maury Muehleisen). Tragedy!
This video of I Got a Name is special because you realize how much the industry has changed over the many years (almost 40) since Croce graced the stage. Special because “the producers” would never allow a glitzy Las Vegas styled pianist, a dishevelled Cat driver with a guitar slung way up to his neck and a James Taylor with talent to stand in front of the camera on national TV. The advertisers wouldn’t buy it.
Shortly after recording this performance supporting the new release of I Got a Name, both Jim and Maury were killed in a plane crash in September ’73. There was a lot of sadness and to be honest, I felt a major loss…..

Peace boys.

Jim Croce – I Got a Name – 1973

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Let Me Tell You ‘Bout the Byrds and the Banjos

This song is alright. It is from Earl Scruggs’ TV special “Family and Friends Festival Of Music”

The Byrds with Earl Scruggs and Son Randy – You Ain’t goin’ Nowhere – 1969